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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if contractors will be allowed to avail of funding under the LESS scheme; if consideration will be given to funding conversion kits for existing machinery for either farmers or contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20754/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to December 2020 to expand the LESS scheme to allow contractors to apply; his further plans or to allow farmers to avail of the grant if they employ a licensed contractor using LESS equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20756/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available under the LESS scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount of funding drawn down by person and county in tabular form. [20755/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding made available under the BEAM scheme to date; and the amount drawn down by county and year in tabular form. [20757/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 975. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that has been completed with regard to the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030; if materials, correspondence, and reports relating to the matter will be provided; if maps relating to proposed SACs and SPAs will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20759/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainable Development Goals (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the commitment of Ireland to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in the Strategy and Work Plans 2020-2025 of his Department; the way in which progress towards achieving the SDGs will be monitored and reported annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20760/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 977. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licenses applied for in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by quarter and by county; if the applications were successful or unsuccessful; the number of initial applications appealed; if the appeals were successful or unsuccessful; the number of objections to such licences; the county from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 978. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the considerations he has given with regard to the introduction of charges for felling licence application; if materials, reports, briefings and correspondence relating to the matter will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20762/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (30 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 1227. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 13 May 2020, if the reason a person (details supplied) experienced a delay between providing a cervical screening sample on 22 November 2018 and receiving a positive cancer diagnosis based on that sample on 25 October 2019 will be examined in view of the fact the HSE has not provided a response; the reason for...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: I am sharing time with three of my colleagues. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Any Government spending in our economy is welcome and necessary right now. The only questions we need to ask about the package that has been announced by Government is who benefits and where benefits. The question of who benefits is really concerning because many ordinary workers and families will not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (29 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the horticulture sector will be supported; if the mushroom production and processing industry and all related food production entities will have continued access to Irish peat which is an essential raw material for their viability into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19239/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: In March, I wrote to the then Ministers for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Transport, Tourism and Sport, and the then Taoiseach as bus operators in my county of Monaghan raised with me the huge concerns that were likely to arise as a result of the restrictions. At that point, it was very clear that bespoke solutions would be required to support bus operators. Those bespoke...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant funding allocated to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission for 2015 to 2020. [18620/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount by which the grant requested by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission increased; if correspondence, reports, briefings or materials relating to the reason such requests were granted or not for the period 2015 to 2020 will be provided. [18621/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Farm Safety (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding provided by his Department or via bodies it funds for farm safety week in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18846/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver theory tests scheduled, passed and failed by category and by quarter in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [18833/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Properties (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 308. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department owns a folio (details supplied); if so, when the land parcels were taken into Departmental ownership; the reason the land parcels were taken into Departmental ownership; if they are not in Departmental ownership, the reason the Land Registry indicates they are; if it will be rectified; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a scheme in which a HAP-type payment can be made to parents whose adult children that qualify for HAP reside or return to the family dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18868/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable houses he plans to deliver by year in County Monaghan over the course of the Programme for Government; and if he will provide his definition of affordable. [18266/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Matt Carthy: 355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the tenant purchase scheme to allow for tenants residing in dwellings acquired under Part 5 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to purchase their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18867/20]